Re: Mission One - The Tutorial

by **Tim Hortans** Mon May 16, 2011 9:09 am

Arch Fiend wrote:you know what would be a sweet feature down the road? buildable castles ingame where you pay for bricks morder decorations armaments yada yada yada and put it together like legos (loves legos)

I seriously doubt we'll ever have the capabiliities to do that. If you like that style of game, you should get minecraft.

by Arch Fiend Mon May 16, 2011 9:23 am

i said said down the road :P

by **DigDog** Mon May 16, 2011 9:51 am

That wouldn't be down the road, that would be a huge detour. Uphill. Through a swamp that is inside a scary forest.

by Arch Fiend Mon May 16, 2011 5:49 pm

so are we doing live action or turn based cuz if we do a turn based game i have a few ideas for that. like i think that we should merge the turn based game with the live action if we go into the turn based direction and alow the characters to attack with basic attacks that deturman weather he/she or the opponint gets the first attack in the turn based fight. and i think that perhaps we can also merge a bit of AQ origenal with the game bye making pixelated characters but in sort of that aq/df style and more visualy appealing. in this mode youd be able to see there more detailed features such as special weapons and armor.

those are my ideas atm. more to come later

by Mrsebi Mon May 16, 2011 6:17 pm

Kera, for the love of god: write properly!
Your complete disregard for and lack of grammar, capitalization and punctuation gives me a headache!

by **Darre** Mon May 16, 2011 6:22 pm

Not only the headaches, but I can't understand at all what you just said.

by **DigDog** Mon May 16, 2011 6:23 pm

And I thought I was the only one who had the urge to bite his keyboard.

by **Aeonarial** Mon May 16, 2011 8:22 pm

Arch Fiend wrote:so are we doing live action or turn based cuz if we do a turn based game i have a few ideas for that. like i think that we should merge the turn based game with the live action if we go into the turn based direction and allow the characters to attack with basic attacks that determine whether he/she or the opponent gets the first attack in the turn based fight. and i think that perhaps we can also merge a bit of AQ original with the game by making pixelated characters but in sort of that aq/df style and more visually appealing. in this mode you would be able to see there more detailed features such as special weapons and armor.

those are my ideas atm. more to come later

I bolded the incorrect words hopefully it can help but I know what she is saying and I will translate later

by **Tom Gaskarth** Mon May 16, 2011 9:16 pm

Arch Fiend wrote:so are we doing live action or turn based cuz if we do a turn based game i have a few ideas for that. like i think that we should merge the turn based game with the live action if we go into the turn based direction and alow the characters to attack with basic attacks that deturman weather he/she or the opponint gets the first attack in the turn based fight. and i think that perhaps we can also merge a bit of AQ origenal with the game bye making pixelated characters but in sort of that aq/df style and more visualy appealing. in this mode youd be able to see there more detailed features such as special weapons and armor.

those are my ideas atm. more to come later

Everybody chill. I got this.

Translation:

Arch Fiend wrote:Are we doing turn based or live action? Because I have some ideas for turn based. If we do go turn based we should have a basic attack that decides if the player goes first or the monster does.

I also think we should merge some ideas from the original AQ by making the close up versions of the characters (for cut-scenes, battles[?], etc) more detailed than simple pixel characters. In this mode you would see special armours and weapons.

These are some of my ideas, I'll post more later

Now, I'm going to go sit in a dark room with some coffee.

by **Darre** Tue May 17, 2011 1:56 am

That was so informative Tom, thanks for the help.

As for the more detailed characters when not in overworld mode, we already have it covered. The flash characters that Kawz is making are going to be used during cutscenes (and the shop for Tim).

by **Tom Gaskarth** Tue May 17, 2011 2:28 am

I should totally be the TR translator.

by Arch Fiend Tue May 17, 2011 2:58 am

can i make flash to?

by **Flaw of Insanity** Tue May 17, 2011 4:03 am

Can we get back on topic?

Arch, please try to write properly, you don't have to rush to post things, take your time and make sure it's correct.

On topic from this line down

So once the area and map has been made, further storyline planning or do it mission by mission?

by **Tim Hortans** Tue May 17, 2011 4:04 am

Sure. Make some NPCs in flash in a bladehaven/dragonfableish style. If we like yours more than Kawz we'll probably use them. But if we do like Kawz's more, I think it'd be wise to stay with one artist so that we have the same style for all of them. Unless you guys are both awesome at flash.

Also flaw, that sounds like the plan to me.

by **Darre** Tue May 17, 2011 4:09 am

When and IF we get past this mission we have to decide how many more we can realistically make if any at all. Based on how long that is we will develop a fitting storyline. We also have to put into consideration that after the first mission we only have to write and make more art because 90% of it is already coded.

EDIT: Found some tutorials that somebody will probably need at some point.
Menus. Good for those that are going to work on text boxes or the shop interfaces.
How to become a pixel artist. A quick readthrough will make you infinitely better at pixel art.
Icons Pictures of items in the shop or skills during battle would need this.
Another very broadly based tutorial
Swords, shields, potions etc.

EDIT2: Mission One - The Tutorial - Page 9 Moat13

Mission One - The Tutorial - Page 9 Moat13

By far the hardest part so far. It was one hundred percent made by me and I am quite proud.

by Arch Fiend Tue May 17, 2011 7:13 am

how big will the small world figures be? i need a frame of reference. does kawzy have one?

by **Tim Hortans** Tue May 17, 2011 7:26 am

What do you mean by small world? The NPCs (Dragonfable style) or the sprites?

by Arch Fiend Tue May 17, 2011 7:31 am

The NPCs (Dragonfable style)

by **Tim Hortans** Tue May 17, 2011 7:36 am

I dunno, if you're making it in flash we can resize it anyways. Just make it big.

by Arch Fiend Tue May 17, 2011 7:52 am

imma ask kawzy how hes doing his

by Snukems Wed May 18, 2011 5:18 am

I really feel like editing the castle but I really don't feel like it so I'll just tell Darre what to do.

Make it symmetric.

by **Darre** Wed May 18, 2011 5:50 am

I'm going to master doing all the elements of the castle structure before I actually assemble the castle shape.

Mission One - The Tutorial - Page 9 Moat14

Mission One - The Tutorial - Page 9 Moat14

by Snukems Wed May 18, 2011 8:05 am

Oh. Alright, then.

by Mrsebi Wed May 18, 2011 5:16 pm

I think for battle, we could try a FF1 style art.¨
OR, better idea!
Fire Emblem!

by Peregrine Wed May 18, 2011 5:50 pm

Dunno if we can do Fire Emblem, but I think you're right that either that or FFI is the way to go.

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